FlyQuest stayed unbeaten on Saturday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.
FlyQuest (5-0) defeated LYON in 29 minutes on blue to stay ahead of Cloud9 (4-1), who also played on blue in knocking off Team Liquid in 28 minutes. FlyQuest and Cloud9 will meet on Sunday.
Gabriel “Bwipo” Rau, a Belgian/Brazilian player for FlyQuest was named MVP for their win, and Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme of Canada took the honor for Cloud9.
Eight teams are competing through April 21 in positioning play — a round-robin format in which each team plays the other seven once. Each match is one map and the results will determine Groups A and B for the group stage, which runs April 26 to May 18.
Following the group stage and one week of cross-group battles, the top six teams will advance to the best-of-five, double-elimination playoffs on May 24-June 15. The total prize pool is $160,000, with $80,000 going to the winner and $40,000 to the runner-up. The winner also receives entry into the Mid-Season Invitational and the winner and runner-up qualify for the Esports World Cup.
Also Saturday, 100 Thieves (3-2) was playing on blue with a 37-minute win over Dignitas (0-5). Kim “River” Dong-woo of South Korea was named MVP.
Shopify Rebellion (2-3) defeated Disguised (0-5), with Denilson “Ceos” Oilveira or Brazil named MVP.
Week 3 matches continue Sunday and Monday:
Sunday –LYON vs. 100 Thieves –Cloud9 vs. FlyQuest –Team Liquid vs. Shopify Rebellion –Disguised vs. Dignitas
Monday –FlyQuest vs. Dignitas –LYON vs. Cloud9 –Disguised vs. Team Liquid –100 Thieves vs. Shopify Rebellion
LTA North 2025 Split 2 standings
T1. FlyQuest, 5-0 2. Cloud9, 4-1 3. Team Liquid, 3-2 T4. 100 Thieves, 3-2 T4. LYON, 3-2 6. Shopify Rebellion, 2-3 T7. Disguised, 0-5 T7. Dignitas, 0-5
LTA North 2025 Split 2 final prize pool
1. $80,000 and automatic entry into Mid-Season Invitational and Esports World Cup 2. $40,000 and automatic entry into Mid-Season Invitational 3. $24,000 4. $16,000 5-8: No prize money
–Field Level Media
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